Comments on: Stop Spending My Money, Mom http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2007/12/08/stop-spending-my-money-mom/ a financial voyeur's dream come true: all the intimate details of how, where, and why I spend money Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: katie http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2007/12/08/stop-spending-my-money-mom/#comment-187 katie Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:15:54 +0000 http://starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2007/12/08/stop-spending-my-money-mom/#comment-187 If you are the one who purchased the nightgown, without her consent, in my opinion, it should have never been taken out of her clothing budget. If the purpose of the budget was to teach her about buying her own clothing, you buying something and taking it out of her budget completely goes against that. That being said, I know it must be tough as a mother letting your baby grow up and letting go of doing those things which you did for her all those years. My mother still can not stop buying me clothes. Even though she knows her taste still "sucks". :) As a side note, I agree with you on Allowance and Chores. I do not believe they should be tied to each other either. Allowance is because you are part of the family, as is doing routine upkeep of the house. If you are the one who purchased the nightgown, without her consent, in my opinion, it should have never been taken out of her clothing budget. If the purpose of the budget was to teach her about buying her own clothing, you buying something and taking it out of her budget completely goes against that.

That being said, I know it must be tough as a mother letting your baby grow up and letting go of doing those things which you did for her all those years. My mother still can not stop buying me clothes. Even though she knows her taste still “sucks”. :)

As a side note, I agree with you on Allowance and Chores. I do not believe they should be tied to each other either. Allowance is because you are part of the family, as is doing routine upkeep of the house.

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